niacin and weight loss

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For what it's worth, this mouse's experience is that given a steady

caloric intake, I tend to lose weight more when I am not taking

niacin, which I usually take at the 1-1.5 g level daily (crystalline,

cheap nicotinic acid) as a TG depressor/HDL elevator. It might help

people to maintain a given LBM at a continuing state of CR. Because

of its asymptotic dose response, you get more than 50% of the

benefits by taking 50% of the maximum reasonable daily dose of niacin

(3 g/day).

Maco